The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.--Joseph AddisonHope is a good thing--maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies.--Stephen King (The Shawshank Redemption)

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.--Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Hope is a talent like any other.--Storm Jameson

Hope is a vigorous principle ... it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost.--Jeremy Collier

Hope is a waking dream.--Aristotle

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.--George Saville

Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.--Lin Yutang